PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office chief, Director Geary L. Barias is appealing to Metro Manila mayors to urge banks to set up more closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) outside their…
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Meralco clarifies Enrile issues
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) today issued a statement with regard to the various issues raised by Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. One of these is on the bill…
Meralco accused of forgery
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A RANKING official of the Government Service Insurance System yesterday said Meralco officers forged the signatures of its employees in a paid advertisement denouncing GSIS president Winston Garcia…
GMA talks rice with Thai PM
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The rice situation and cooperation in food security highlighted yesterday’s bilateral meeting of President Macapagal-Arroyo and visiting Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. The President in her speech at…
Phil-Ams and Phil-Brits save RP football team
By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS ILOILO CITY – The Philippine football team used to be the favorite whipping boy of football in Southeast Asia. Not anymore today. With the presence of several…
‘Roach will not gamble Pacquiao’s future in 135-lb’
By Alex P. VIDAL/ PNS If he knows that Manny Pacquiao will be harmed and destroyed in the lightweight division, Freddie Roach will never gamble the future of the Filipino ring heartthrob…
Dureza next press secretary
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– PRESIDENT Arroyo is eyeing presidential adviser on the peace process Jesus Dureza as the next press secretary, one of the few remaining appointments before the ongoing Cabinet revamp ends….
Madrigals fight for billions left by aunt
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SENATOR Jamby Madrigal accused her relatives yesterday of making it appear that her late billionaire aunt was not true to her word by forging her will to make…
House exposed Meralco’s illegal charge
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– The Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. came under fire yesterday in Congress, with lawmakers asking the Energy Regulatory Commission to penalize Meralco for its illegal charges. Led by Speaker Prospero…
DOT shows RP movies in Paris to sway Europeans to visit islands
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– ABOUT 40 Filipino classic films will be shown at the Paris Film Festival by the last week of July this year to sway more European tourists to visit the…
Robbers lined up 9 and shots them dead in Laguna bank
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– AT LEAST eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head in Cabuyao, Laguna, yesterday, in one of the bloodiest bank robberies…
RP airlines offer no fares
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE– DOMESTIC carriers are banking steeply for a new dogfight, offering ultra-low or “zero fares” to passengers to increase their share of the booming travel market. And that fight is…
Congress runs after Meralco
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONGRESS can revoke the franchise of the Manila Electric Co. for violating the “just and reasonable” or the “least cost” principles by passing its costs and bad debts…
Bello back in the Cabinet as its secretary
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Arroyo has appointed presidential adviser Silvestre Bello III as Cabinet Secretary in a continuing revamp of the official family that started last month. Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye…
Kiko wants 20% budgetary increase in Judiciary
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A TOP official yesterday recommended a 20-percent increase in the Judiciary’s budget for 2009—the highest in its history—following the creation of a council to boost cooperation among the…